Mets-Willets Point Station

With an expected redevelopment backed by the city, Willets Point is expected to entice the real estate industry with its waterfront properties and suburban vibe. But even with the incoming interest, those familiar with the neighborhood feel there are still crucial steps before the neighborhood pops. In 2009, the city’s…

Long Island is in the midst of historic change. For years, as other regions invested in areas like quality, affordable rental housing, mixed-use development, and public transit, LI was content with the status quo.

We sat silent as we watched droves of young people — educated in our outstanding public schools at significant expense — leave home and help create economic growth in other regions of our country.

The de Blasio administration on Tuesday officially announced its new agreement with the Queens Development Group for the Willets Point urban renewal plan. Covering six acres of land, the deal includes a 450-seat elementary school, retail, open space and 1,100 apartments for moderate-and low-income tenants. There will be no mall….

Willets Point is dead. Long live Willets Point. The $3 billion Bloomberg-era project to transform a neighborhood of broken streets and ramshackle auto repair shops across from Citi Field in Queens appeared dead in 2015, when a state court ruled that the city could not take a piece of Flushing Meadows…

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a historic $5.6 billion transformation of the Long Island Rail Road to strengthen the region’s transportation infrastructure and usher in a new era of economic growth. After 70 years of stagnation, all 100 transformative LIRR capital projects are moving forward, including the Main Line…